Daily Archives: December 27, 2010

Death panels sneak in under the radar as a Medicare regulation

A Medicare rule paying doctors to give advice about end-of-life care has conservatives spreading paranoia about death panels once again ...
tea party activist

Attractive models solicit bone marrow donors in Massachusetts

A Massachusetts organization recruited attractive models to solicit bone marrow donations. It may have also been committing insurance fraud.
A female model.

Leon Walker charged with felony hacking for reading wife’s e-mail

Leon Walker has been charged with felony hacking, a crime that carries a five-year sentence, for checking and reading his wife's e-mail ...
Gmail

Is Applying For A Payday Loan Through A Direct Lender The Best Option?

Using a lender matching service can get you cash in as little as 2 hours. Direct lenders have a very high denial rate for applications.
Using a lender matching service can get you cash in as little as 2 hours. Direct lenders have a very high denial rate for applications.

Ensure your happy new year with a year-end financial checklist

Before you pop the cork on New Year's Day, find some extra 2010 tax deductions and make your 2011 financial resolutions to have a better year.
financial goals

Pay down credit card debt | Using science to pay it down faster

Studies have found that most people don't pay down their credit card debt using the fastest formula. Here's how to get out of debt faster.
Paying off debt

Avoid work rumors | 4 ways to keep out of the rumor mill

Avoiding work rumors is easy -- if you keep a few simple things in mind. Here are four easy places to start.
Water cooler

How Can Installment Loans Help Protect Your Credit Rating?

There are millions of people each year that ruin their credit score because they did not know they could use installment loans to pay their bills before defaulting.
There are millions of people each year that ruin their credit score because they did not know they could use installment loans to pay their bills before defaulting.

New tax law littered with weird, wonderful business tax breaks

The Obama tax bill has been made law, and businesses are sopping up the tax breaks. Even buying a race horse earns a tax credit.
Photo of a race horse with its trainer.

U.S. rare earth metals mine reopens to combat Chinese monopoly

A rare earth metals mine in California is reopening as a Chinese monopoly controls 97 percent of the world's supply...
chinese rare earth monopoly

MTA in NYC, NJ Transit and LIRR snowfall disruptions

The NYC MTA trip planner is down. Use alternatives for planning your transit throughout the Northeast, on the LIRR, MTA or with NJ Transit.
Penn Station